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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Jackson, MS

March 16, 2014Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2014, 5:52 AM CDT for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 16, 2014, 5:52 AM CDT (10:52 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2014, 6:15 AM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Forrest County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 16, 4:51 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 112 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

061 
WFUS54 KJAN 161052
TORJAN
MSC035-161115-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0010.140316T1052Z-140316T1115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
552 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT

* AT 552 AM CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR PURVIS...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MCLAURIN AROUND 600 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3121 8935 3126 8918 3127 8914 3110 8914
      3106 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1052Z 254DEG 47KT 3114 8931

$$

JA

1 follow-up statement

230 
WWUS54 KJAN 161111
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
611 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

MSC035-161120-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140316T1115Z/
FORREST MS-
611 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL FORREST COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 615
AM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA INTO PERRY COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR 
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3121 8935 3126 8918 3127 8914 3110 8914
      3106 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1110Z 254DEG 47KT 3120 8904

$$

JA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 16, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	29 min
Mar 16, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Marion	31 min
Mar 16, 4:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	31 min
Mar 16, 4:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	59 min
Mar 16, 5:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion	58 min
Mar 16, 5:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	35 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.